Privately owned cannabis stores in British Columbia are now allowed to deliver nonmedical marijuana to consumers through regular mail and other delivery-service providers, a move the industry believes will direct more illicit sales to the regulated market.
The provincial government said the move would provide economic opportunities for stores and put them on a more even competitive footing with the province’s online retail platform operated by the BC Liquor Distribution Branch (BLDB).
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Until the new regulation entered into force July 8, the BCLDB’s service held a monopoly on recreational cannabis e-commerce.
The new policy means thriving illicit cannabis delivery services might finally start to experience genuine competition.
The province was left without door-to-door cannabis delivery for approximately the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic because the monopoly BCLDB used Canada Post for deliveries, who had been directing recipients to their local post office for pick-up.
That effectively meant
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